Join us on May 17th at the ever faithful Bar Le Record on St. Hubert for another evening of poetry and prose hijinks featuring guest readings by Devon Gallant, Rose Maloukis, and Natalie Co. As always, sign up for the open mic at the door!
Theme: Play
Where: Bar Le Record (7622 Rue St-Hubert)
When: 8pm
Something something, national poetry month?
You could say me and poetry are having a moment, I’ve been reading more these days than I have in a while and it’s feeling good.
Shoutout to @invisibooks and their amazing roster of @danispinxo@caoanstee and Kate Siklosi.
Some Mtl books I’m catching up on care of @poetinoxalis@leighkotsy and @durnfordrobin
Thanks to Willow for introducing me to the work of @aorathian
Old Toronto connections with @paulvermeersch
Manifestos from @anstrutherpress
Plus Paul Celan, Mina Loy, Tristan Tzara, Denise Levertov, and Mary Ellen Solt.
Down the concrete poetry rabbit hole with Milton Klonsky’s “Speaking Pictures” anthology, across the Black Mountain with Donald Allen’s “The New American Poetry” (for the second time).
Still working my way through Pessoa’s Book of Disquiet, but life goals!
Excited to announce my forthcoming literary project through Priapress: “Playtime”! A planned set of 30 chapbooks featuring new work by yours truly alongside two heteronyms created expressly for the project. (Fernando Pessoa, anyone?) Not to mention guest cameo appearances by other contemporary poets. The series launches on the first day of spring, March 20th. Taking subscription orders until March 19th. If you are interested in signing up, check the link in the bio! Subscriptions are $240 CAD mailed to your door each month for the foreseeable future. Get some play into your life!
“I’m with the artists. I didn’t ask the permission of the ANC. I didn’t ask permission of Buthelezi, or Desmond Tutu, or the Pretoria government. And to tell you the truth, I have a feeling that when there are radical transfers of power on either the left or the right, the artists always get screwed.”
—Paul Simon
